[PLUG] grub. backups and UUIDS

[Word Wizard]

Here are the uncommented lines :

default		0
timeout		3
color light-cyan/black blink-light-red/black
splashimage=/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz


title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
uuid		ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
root=UUID=ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7 ro splash verbose
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid		ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
root=UUID=ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7 ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid		ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
root=UUID=ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7 ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid		ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
root=UUID=ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7 ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid		ca270e23-47e8-4f25-a295-4e0894fab4a7
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet



On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:48 -0700, Eric Wheeler wrote:

> 
> Can you post your grub.conf to the list?  I believe a bit of commentary
> on your current config may offer great insight into your grub
> challenges...
> 
> -Eric

On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:40 -0700, Word Wizard wrote:

> > Why did they migrate to UUIDs in grub?  What is the advantage? Can you
> > employ the other device notations in grub? Can lilo be used in Intrepid
> > instead? Or another boot loader?  
> > 
>